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S. M. LANDIS.

Electric Bath.

Patented May 14, I867.

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SIMON M. LANDIS, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

' Letters Patent No. 64,677, dated ilfag 14 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOT AND GOLD-AIR BATES.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, SInoNM. LANDIS, M. D., of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, in the State of'Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved ,Compound Eleetro-Magnctie Hot and Cold-Air Bath; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in a combination of agencies to cleanse the human system internally and externally, and to open mechanically these-called eight millions (8,000,000) of pores of the skin of the human body by dry hot air generated by the combustion of alcdhol, or heat generated in any other suitable manner, in conjunction or combi conjunction with hot air.

Again, any kind of vapor or hot-air bath can be administered in my invention, such as a Russian or nation with electricity. However, steam may also be used exclusively or in,

Turkish vapor bath, (without electricity,) and that with the head entirely inside, or with it outside, as will be seen by reference to drawings.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction I and operation. t p I Figure 1 represents a full view of the compound electromagnetic hot and cold-air bath when in full operation, with head of patient H outside. 1 l

A shows the front above the ofi'set 1, thifoughwhich the falling shutter a operates. In this view the falling shutter ais down on a level with eross-piecc b, showing the falling shutter slide a in front of the face of man H, used to expose the head H to pure air. After closing the falling shutter a and slide 0, a towel is generally placed around the neck of the patient to prevent the hot-air or steam from escaping. Letters 07 d drepi'esent a cord working over three pulleys fff, and a weight 6 attached to end of cord 0! cl d to assist in raising falling shutter (t, and hold it upright against opening 9 when either a bath is given with head inside, or when the after bath,consisting of shower (shown in fig. 2, s) or towel wash, or equivalent, is administered. Letter h, in 'fig. 1, shows a cross-piece upon which falling shutter it rests when down,as shown, and a shows a water pipefrom tank jj, used to supply a syringe, as shown in fig. 2, Letter k, in fig. 1, shows a cord used to operate the lever Z Z of the shower bath. This cord is can also be used inside of the bath when no attendant is present. Letter m'shows a plug made heavily to shut ofi'shower when cord is let loose, and n is the upright beam inserted into bottom 0 o of tank jj. Letter p shows an overflow, and 9- represents supply-water pipe, where water-works are accessible; at other places the tank can be filled with buckets, or in any other manner. Letter 1' shows stop-cock, and t lever, to the end of which is a hollow ball, u, made of suitable metal to float on water and stop-cock 1' when tank is full. B, in fig. 1, represents the front below ofl'set 1. a shows a slide, and w slide hole through which the syringes, 350., are operated by attendant, and if no attendant is present this opening answers for patients to reach out and regulate the strength of the electromagnetic battery, which is placed outside of this opening. 0 0 represents, in fig. 1, the side view into which a double door enters. D

shows the lower door, and .2 shows a slide, and 3 slide opening, through which the electric plates, &c., heat, stool, and seat are operated, and 4 is a button-toflkeep door closed. E represents upper door open, with a ground glass, 5, to give light when the bath is used with head inside. The dotted lines 6 6 show the upper floor, which is more fully shown in fig. 2, and 7 7 show the lower floor; and in fig. 2 the waste pipe is shown at 8 inserted into lower floor 7 7, which is lined with zinc, tin, or some other suitable material, to prevent from leaking. In upper floor 0 (i, at 9, is shown a hole to allow water or other fluid to escape into second floor. These floors are both on an incline plane to run off water.

Figure 2 represents the entire in-ner view with side 0 G (as shown in fig. l removed.

F F show the inside space of bath. G shows permanent base of seat-stool, and 10 shows post attached to seat 11, which works up and down in base G, and this post 10 has a. slot, 12, in it, into which works a stepwedge, as seen in fig.- 4, used to raise or lower said seat-stool 11. Seat-stool 11 is covered with zinc, tin, or any suitable electric conductor, and positive ele'ctric'pole, at 13, is attached wire 3. Letter I represents a metallic arch, under which a tin cup, J, is placed, and into which tin cup J alcohol is put to the depth of one or two inches and set on fire, if the bath is heated with the combustion of alcohol, but any other heating process suitable may be used. This tiu cup J is four inches in diameter and four deep, and a common tin lid is linen stocking. Seat-stool 11 is also covered with a water-moistened linen no used to regulate the heat and to put out the fire. K represents an electric plate made of zinc, or any other suitable metal, which is attached to the negative electric pole, and when used is covered with n water-moistened pkin, or cotton or woollen answers when used. L represents the foot-stool. The top is also lined with metal, like sect-stool 11, and connects seinetimes with negative and others with positive electric wires, as the disease may require. Letters i i e i i i show the water pipes for syringes, douche, or hose, 8E0. Letter A shows falling shutter clown, and 15 (with red. line) shows falling shutter a upright, completely closing the hole when falling'shutter slide" (in fig.,1, c) is raised, and a towel put into neck roumlness, as seen in fig. L between c and I1. Letter g, in fig. 2, shows hole which falling shutter, when upright, covers completely up. Letters 5- 9 show walls of tank jj. All the rest, in figs. 1 and 2, have been explained; and new fig. 3 represents the complete sent-stool. G shows hose, M wedge with steps, 17 17 top of base G, 10 post, and 11 top; and fig. 4 represents wedge, and ac ae ac the steps, which can be of various sizes and numbers. The whole box is made of any kind of suitable woml. except the plumbing, weights, pulleys, cords, plates, wires for conducting electricity.

Wliot I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Ifntent, is-,

1. The felling shutter a with slide a, as set forth.

2. Foot-stool L and sent-stool 11, lined with tin or zinc, as set forth,

3. Slides 2 and v: and double door E and D as set forth.

4. Double inclined floors 6 6 and 7 7, as herein described and set forth.

in combination with the bath-room.

SIMON M. LANDIS.

Witnesses:

SAML. P. Joxss, .J r., JOHN URIAN. 

